Garment



Nov. 18, 1958 A. R. JOHNSON 2,

GARMENT Filed March 3, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR IQMI ENE 7?. da /vs 0N Nov. 18, 1958 A. R. JOHNSON 2,860,345

GARMENT Filed March 3, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR GARMENT Armigene R. Johnson, Wantagh, N. Y.

Application March 3, 1955, Serial No. 491,869

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-.-106) This invention relates to garments for men, Women and children and more specifically to an improved blouse or shirt that provides substantially complete freedom of the arms without stressing the body part of the garment or causing the waist portion thereof to ride above the waist of the wearer and distort the appearance of the garment. The invention while particularly useful as a ladies dress for golf and other sports, it will become apparent that it is generally useful in all types of garments.

One object of the invention resides in the provision of an improved garment such as a shirt or blouse that is characterized by its simplicity, ease of fabrication and great degree of freedom for the wearer.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a blouse or shirt structure that may be fabricated of not more than three basic elements that cooperate to form the body and sleeves of the garment and at the same time form a well-fitted garment without bunching of the material or utilization of heavy seams beneath the shoulder part of the arms as encountered in well known bluose and shirt structures. Although the garment in accordance with the invention is fabricated of three elements, it will become apparent that it may also be fabricated by means of only two elements.

Still another object of the invention resides in the provision of a blouse or shirt wherein sleeve and body parts are formed by the cooperation of front and rear elements, with a portion of the rear element extending forwardly beneath the arm and cooperating with the front element to form a substantially triangular section or gusset underlying the arm with an apex of the triangle aligned with the under side of the arm to provide a well-fitted, goodlooking garment giving complete freedom to arm movement.

Still another object of the invention resides in the provision of an improved blouse structure formed of two or more elements and wherein said structure is adjustable to different waist and bust dimensions of the wearer.

The above and other objects and adavntages of the invention will become more apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings forming part of this application.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a dress embodying a blouse part in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section of the embodiment of Fig. 1 with the arm of the wearer raised;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary back view of the left shoulder part of the blouse structure of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a rear perspective view of the left side of the garment with the arm raised;

Fig. 5 is a front perspective view of the right front portion of the garment;

Fig. 6 is a side view of the garment with the arm of the wearer in a raised position;

Fig. 7 is a view of fragmentary portions of the front and rear garment parts before being joined together to United States Patent 0 2,860,345 Patented Nov. 18, 1958 form the shoulder and sleeve parts of the finished garment; and

Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate plan views of portions of the back and front patterns for a garment in accordance with the invention.

For illustrative purposes, the invention has been shown as embodied in a ladies golf dress, though it is of course apparent that the structure may also be used in dresses of all types as well as blouses and shirts for men, women and children.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be observed that the blouse part 11 of the dress 10 is provided with a smooth shoulder part 12 and gives the appearance of a garment or blouse formed in a conventional manner. The left arm of the wearer as shown in Fig. 2 is in a partially raised position and illustrates the freedom of arm movement without in any way afiecting the position of the garment about the waist 13. Through the improved structure and cooperation of each front section 14L and 14R with the back section 15 in accordance with this invention, the inherent characteristics of a woven fabric material are utilized to permit the arms to be fully raised without lifting the waist of the garment. In this way very little stress is placed on the material and seams and thus provides a comfortable, long-lasting and stylish garment.

The configuration of the front and rear elements of a garment in accordance with the invention may be seen more clearly in Figs. 3 to 7 inclusive which show certain structural details of the garments of Figs. 1 and 2. Un-

primed numerals have been used to denote elements of r the right side of the garment while like primed numerals have beenused to designate corresponding elements of the left side. The rear section 15 may be formed of one piece of material with either the warp or the weft threads in a substantially vertical position as denoted by the arrow 15 of Fig. 3. The upper edge of the back may extend to the neck line 16 or may have any desired configuration. The sides of the back taper downwardly at a diagonal along the lines 17 and 17' and terminate at points 18 and 18 immediately beneath the arms (see Fig. 6). This is accomplished by forming each side of the back 15 as shown in the pattern for the right sleeve in Fig. 7 with the sloping edge 17 curving sharply outwardly to form an edge part 19 that terminates at sub stantially with the edge 21. The bottom of the edge 21 intersects the edge 22 of the back 15 at about 90 but preferably greater than 90 and curves sharply downwardly. Both sides of the back are formed alike and in addition include outwardly extending tab parts on edges 23 and 23 to facilitate adjustment of the garment to individual requirements.

The front section 14L and 14R of the blouse 11 are formed in substantially identical manner and may be of one piece or provided with any suitable type of front opening 24. The side edge 25 of the front section 14R extends upwardly from the side of the waist 13 and then curves forwardly at about the bust line to a point 26 formed by the intersection of the edges 21 and. 22 of the back 15. This convexity will be observed more clearly in Fig. 6 though the edge 25 in the pattern of Fig. 7 appears to be straighter. The right side seam of the blouse is formed by the joinder of the edge 25 of the front section 14R, with corresponding edges 22 and 23 of the rear section 15. The left blouse seam is similarly arranged. The edge 27 of the front section is attached to the edge 21 of the rear section 15 as illustrated more clearly in Fig. 6. The top portion 28 of section 14R then extends over to the shoulder and arm and is secured to the back along the edges 17 and 19 thereof. The sleeve part 28 is then completed by means of thesearn 29 under the arm as shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 7 shows the details of the front and back parts- 14R and 15 that form the shoulder and arm structure of the right side of the garment. The corresponding pointsof the patterns that are joined together are denoted, for ease of understanding, by the numerals 18 and 26. The dotted triangle is for the purpose of forming the darts 31 and 31 on the right andleft sides of the blouse front. It will also be observed that the slit forming the edge 27 and part of the edge 25 extends upwardly at a diagonal from a point just below the arm of the wearer with the inner termination defining the bottom side the sleeve 28.

Figs. 8 and 9 are patterns of the back and front portions of a blouse in accordance with the invention. It will be observed that the rectangular section denoted by the numerals 19, 18, 21, 26 and 22 is generally aligned with the threads of the material so that the line 21 is substantially parallel with the vertical threads and the outer portions of the upper and lower edges 19 and 22 are generally parallel with the horizontal threads. With reference to Fig. 9, the dotted portion extending outward- 1y from the sleeve part 28 indicates that the sleeve may be extended to provide a sleeve of the desired length. In the formation of the garment the upper and lower edges of the sleeve 29' are joined one to the other to form the seam 29 as shown'in Fig. 6. When this is accomplished the line 17 together with the edge of the slit 27 form the apex of the V-shaped opening lying on the underside of the sleeve and this V-shaped opening extends into the adjoining body parts of the front section. The opening is closed by the edges 19 and 17 of the back sections and the edge 21 of the rectangular extension of the back sections.

From the above it is evident that the cooperating portions of the back and front sections are arranged to cause the portion of the back 15 bounded by the edges 19, 21' and 22' to lie on the bias and this is attained by the substantially rectangular configuration and its cooperation with the front portion of the garment. Moreover, the two front sections may be made in one piece for a slip-over garment or the garment may be provided with an opening in the back 15 in place of the opening 24 in the front.

The term blouse as used in the claims is intended to comprehend blouses, shirts and the upper part of gar.- ments such as dresses, coveralls, etc., for men, women and children.

While only one embodiment of this invention has been shown and described it is apparent that modifications, alterations and changes may be made without departing from the true scope and spirit thereof.

What is claimed is:

A blouse comprising atleast. two pieces of fabric forming the front and back portions of said blouse and sewn together to form a completed garment, one set of threads of the fabric being generally aligned with the vertical lines of the blouse extending between the neck and waist, one portion having an outer downwardly extending upper edge part and a downwardly extending lower edge part, the upper and lower edge parts being connected by the edges of an outwardly extending rectangular extension, the upper and lower outer edges of the extension being substantially parallel to one set of threads in said one portion and the connecting edge of the extension being substantially parallel to the other set of threads on said one portion, the other portion having an upper, outwardly and upwardly extending sleeve forming part having an upwardly and outwardly inclined edge and substantially parallel upper and lower edges, said other portion having a body forming part extending downwardly from the sleeve forming part, the body forming part having a side edge extending downwardly from the lower edge of the sleeve forming part, the said other portion,

further including a slit extending inwardly and upwardly from the puncture of the lower edge of the sleeve forming part and said side edge of the body forming part, the lower downwardly extending side edges of each part being connected together, the upper and lower edges of said other portion being connected together to form a sleeve, the rectangular extension having its connecting edge and its lower edge connected to the edges of said slit in said other portion to form a part of the underside of the sleeve and a part of the garment, the downwardly extending upper edge part of said one portion and the upper inclined edge of the sleeve part being connected together to complete the garment.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,021,586 Adler Nov. 19, 1935- 2,426,144 Clyne Aug. 19, 1947 2,501,818 Kantor Mar. 28, 1950 2,668,955 Johnson Feb. 16, 1954 

